spacecraft

noun

space·​craft ˈspās-ˌkraft 

: a vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside the earth's atmosphere

Examples of spacecraft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Any excess heat helps keep the spacecraft and its instruments warm enough to function. —Hannah Richter, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2025

During that time, the spacecraft could use orbits around the binary system to ultimately fling it from the pair. —Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025

When a Weyland-Yutani spacecraft containing a host of alien species collected from distant planets (including at least one ferocious xenomorph) crash lands in one of Prodigy’s bustling cities, the hybrids are eager to get out there. —EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025

Everyone wants what's on the spacecraft, for profit or discovery, or just to kill to protect others. —Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for spacecraft

• allograft
• autograft
• autographed
• countershaft
• handicraft
• homograft
• hovercraft
• lithographed
• overdraft
• photographed
• rotorcraft
• telegraphed

Kids Definition

spacecraft

noun

space·​craft ˈspā-ˌskraft 

plural spacecraft

: a vehicle for travel beyond the earth's atmosphere